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    The Great Gym Class Switcheroo

    Aug 01, 2023 3 minutes

    In addition to teaching the Three R’s, elementary schools across New York in the 1960s attempted to impart life enrichment into the curriculum. For one period each day, our teachers led us out of the classroom for “special area” instruction in art, music or gym.

    I wasn’t very artistic or musical. As a fifthgrader in Valley Stream, N.Y., I was all about sports. I lived for Tuesday and Thursday gym class and the chance to play in school

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